3 arrested, gun recovered after robbery call

Tuesday

Mar 1, 2011 at 9:28 AMMar 1, 2011 at 9:35 AM

Doyle Murphy

CITY OF NEWBURGH - City cops responding to a robbery arrested three people and recovered a loaded gun, police said.

At 5:30 p.m. on Monday, officers James Cerone and Myra Rude met a woman who said six men had robbed her at knifepoint in the hallway of 222 Broadway, a rooming house that has been the scene of numerous fires and acts of violence in recent years. The woman rode in a police car with the officers along Third Street until they spotted two young men whom she identified as her attackers. Cerone and Rude arrested 19-year-old Jerry Holmes and a 17-year-old, both of Newburgh, on charges of first-degree robbery.

Detective Michael Loscerbo and Officer Kevin Lahar began checking the neighborhood of Broadway and City Terrace when they spotted three other men who matched the description of the robbery suspects. Police said one of the men tried to bolt as Loscerbo and Lahar were interviewing him.

They caught up with him nearby and detained him after a struggle, police said. The man, 21-year-old Glenn Thomas of Newburgh, was carrying a loaded .22-caliber revolver, according to police. He was charged with a felony of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.

Police are still investigating and ask anyone with information to call 569-7509.

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